Churn.



H. I. DORSEY.

GHURN. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1009.

930,942. Patented Aug.10,1909.

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WK tn eases H. F. DORSEY.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.19, 1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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HUWAEU E. DUESEY I attorney s HOWARD F. DORSEY, OF LOCKPORT, LOUISIANA.

CHUBN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed April 19, 1909. Serial No. 490,878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD F. DORSEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lockport, in the parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chums; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a churn and more particularly to the class of rotary churns.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a churn in which-its dasher is provided with peculiarly shaped -blades which are especially designed to eflect the proper agitation of the cream to increase the rapidity with which butter is formed therefrom and to facilitate the general operation of the machine.

Another object of the invention is the rovision of a churn of this character in w ich the agitation of the cream within the churn body is materially increased to effect rapid formation of the butter therefrom, and to preyent undue splashing of the cream durmg the operation of the machine, and also to render the rotary action of the dasher smooth and easy.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of arts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accom anying drawings,'which disclose the prei rred form of embodiment of the invention, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended, it being understood that changes, variations and modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of' the advantages of the invention.

y or receptacle in section.

tional view on the line 2-2 of ig. 1 with the l in the ,,drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with the churn body Fi 2 is a seccover or top removed; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the churn dasher removed from the churn. Fig. 5 is an end elevation.

Similar reference characters indicate correspondin parts throughout the several views in t is drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the churn construction comprises a base Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

or platform 10, which may be of any desirable shape upon which the cream receptacle 11,. 1s supported which latter is ,of cylindrical shape, and which also supports a frame work 12, carrying a horizontally dis-' posed drive shaft 13, the latter having fixed thereto a pinion 14, enmeshing with a gear wheel 15, journaled upon a stud shaft '16,

carried by the frame structure and which gear wheel carries a crank or operating handle 17, to enable the rotation of the drive shaft.

. Mounted upon the receptacle 11, is a rc-' movable centrally perforated cover 18, which latter is adapted to snugly fit the -re-" ceptacle so as to produce a fluid tight closure between the same' Secured at diametrically opposite points to the inner face of the side Wall of the rece t'acle 1], are stationary breakers or fins, one 1 l'ormcdwvith a straight portion 19, disposed at an incline with re spect to the bottom of the receptacle and terminating in an angular portion 20, both of which portions project inwardly from the inner face of the receptacle, and the said angular ortions 200i the breakers or fins serve to de ect the cream downwardly in the receptacle during the agitation thereof.

Located centrally on the bottom of the receptacle 11, within the same is a bearing 21, in which is journaled the lower end of a rotatable dasher shaft 22, which latter extends through the perforated cover and is connected by a detachable cou ling sleeve 23, to a driven shaft 24, journa ed vertically at the center of a cross bar 25, fixed in the frame structure.

Fixed to the driven shafts 24 above the cross bar 25, is a pinion 26, enmeshing with a beveled gear 27, adjustably secured to the drive shaft 13, through the'mcdium of which rotary will be hereinafter described.

Longitudinally adjustable on thedasher shaft 22, is a dasher which com rises ahub 28, from which project opposite y disposed blades 29, eachhaving a narrow neck portion 30, with respect to a widened portion 31, the

same being twisted to lie at an angle to the narrow portion, and one widened portion being at a reversed angle'with respect to the other, so that in a itating the cream one widened portion wi] tend to. lift the cream upwardlywhen the dasher rotates in one direction and should it move in an opposite dimotion the said widened portions of the motion is imparted to the dasher as blades will disperse the cream in a downward direction. Located centrally at the outer edge of the widened portions ofthe bladesand integral therewith are downwardly disposed oppositely inclined agitator fingers 32,

the same twisted and gradually increasing in thickness toward their free extremities," so that the free extremities thereof will eflect a.

centrifugal agitation of the cream while the remaining portions of the fingers will do like: wise but creating a current in an opposite direction with respect to that created bythe free extremities of the fingers.

Secured to the base 10 at opposite points thereof and rising therefrom are yieldable ears 33, which are adapted to clamp or hold the receptacle rigidly supported on the base of the frame structure.

From the foregoing description it is thought a clear and concise understanding of the construction. and operat-imi of the machine will be had therefore a more extended ex lanation is omitted.

at is claimed is 1. In a churn, arotary dasher comprising a hub having oppositely disposed blades projecting outwardly from said hub and lying in the same plane with respect to eaeh other, each blade'l'ormed ol a. narrow portion with respect to awidened portion, thesaid widened portions being twisted and disposed at reversed angles with respect to each other and downwardly and inwardly converging twisted extensions formed at the free ends of the blades.

2. In a churn, a rotary d asher comprising a hub having oppositely disposed blades,

each formed of a narrow portionwithrespectto a widened portion, the said-widened portions being twisted and disposed at reversed respect to each other from the widened portions of said blade.

4. In a churn, a receptacle. breakers iixed at diametrically opposite points of and projecting inwardly from the inner face of said receptacle, eachv ol said breakers i" rn1ed with a straight portion and an angular portion.

with respect thereto, the latter being located near the upper end of the receptacle, a r tatable oppositely blai'ied duslier mountedin said receptacle, and twisted depending agitator fingers on said blades of the dasher.

In testimony \i'hereo'fl i u iix my signature, Lil presence of two iv'it'aiasaes.

IOWA II i) F. DORSEY.

Witnesses:

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